Posted on 02/28/2005 5:13:35 PM PST by quidnunc
What, is the Iron Sheik busy?
this is so silly it hurts my brain.
then again, that is an operational definition of the entirety of pro-wrasslin'
He's with Nikolai Bolkoff, at the local buffet.
IIRC, I think he died in real life, and where is Sgt. Slaughter?
What movie was Tora Tonoka(sp) in?
Hated Sheik dead at 76 DETROIT (AP) -- The Sheik is dead.Professional wrestling villain Edward (The Sheik) Farhat pioneered the "hardcore" school that dominates the field today, and generations of fans loved to hate him.
He died Saturday in Williamston near Lansing at age 76 of heart failure, said his son, Edward Farhat Jr.
Jan. 20, 2003: Full story
My dad took us to wrestling starting when we were about 5, 6...my first memories were of Sweet Brown Sugar and Jimmy Superfly Snuka with Mean Gene Okerlund hosting Florida Championship Wrestling.
I dont remember what movie he was in...
I'll say a fake prayer.
Where is Haystacks Calhoun?
I remember Atlantic wrestling in the late 70's and early 80's.... Steve Patapaw, Nature Boy Nelson, the Cuban Assasin, the Great Molumba... these guys would go to the pub and drink together afterwards. It was a riot, and, IMO, a lot more fun when it was small and local.
Aw, C'mon. I'm in the Lansing area and I knew his wife Joyce Farhat. The Shiek owned Big Time Wrestling in the '70s, and she would bring all of his old videotapes to our Cable Television Public Access Studios in the 1990's to air on the public access channel. I'll say a real prayer.
Yeah, it was a different feel back then...
But, of course, when I was a kid, I was convinced it was real, and when I heard so and so wrestler was seen playing cards with so and so enemy wrestler, I became upset.
What about Bobo Mongrel? I thought he was an Arab.
Kamala, the Ugandad Giant...I'm sure had never been to Uganda, or knew where it was on the map.
Bring back Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling! The Mighty Igor, Baron Von Raske (the king!), Jimmy "Superfly" Snukka, Ricky Steamboat, Arn and Ole Anderson, The Samoans, Rufus "Freight Train" Jones, Junkyard Dog...those were the days.
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